# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-mason
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:55:21.993Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-mason"
name: "Ruth Mason"
slug: "ruth-mason"
description: "Ruth Mason was a New Zealand botanist specialising in the taxonomy and ecology of freshwater plants. She was employed at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for 35 years undertaking research into aquatic plants, pioneering new techniques for plant preservation and collecting over 13,000 plant specimens in the field. She was awarded life membership by the New Zealand Ecological Society."
tagline: "New Zealand botanist (1913-1990)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1913-11-07"
deathDate: "1990-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           30.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.267602666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ruth Mason"
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    title: "روث ماسون"
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    title: "روث ماسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Mason"
    title: "Ruth Mason"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Mason"
    title: "Ruth Mason"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Mason"
    title: "Ruth Mason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15921103"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump